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W. R. HARTIGAN.

BED.

No. 350,458. Patented Oct. 5, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM R. HARTIGAN, OF BURLINGTON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO XVILLIAM H. GOODWVIN, OF CANTON, CONNECTICUT.

BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO, 350,458, dated October 5, 1886.

Application filed March 5, 1886.

T 0 all whom, ibmay concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM It. HARTL. GAN, of Burlington, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement Pertainingto Beds and the Like, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a top view of a bed embodying my said improvement. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of a portion of the same. Fig. 3 is a view in cross-section of the same.

This improvement, as its title indicates, re lates to beds, lounges, couches, seats, and the like.

The object is to produce an elastic support in these things which shall be strong, efficient, clean, and noiseless.

Referring now to the annexed drawings, the letter a denotes the outer frame of a bed.

The letter 1) denotes elastic wooden slats forming the main portion of the supportingframe, by which I mean a frame which supports the ordinary bedding and the person' using the bed. For these wooden slats may be substituted any other suitable medium whatever.

The letters 0 denote cross bars to which these slats or their equivalent are attached.

The letters d denote brackets, preferably of cast-iron, whichare fixed to the underside of the cross-bars, and projecting downward.

The letters 6 denote square or many-sided pins, borne in the projecting parts of the Serial No. 194,102. (-No model.)

brackets, the many sidedness being for the purpose of preventing the pin from rotating in the brackets.

The letters f denote springs made fast at one end to the pins 6, then coiled thereabout, and then extended outwardly to contact with the outer frame, a, or some proper portion thereof, as, for instance, the ordinary shelf a, generally borne on the inner side of the frame of an ordinary bed. The outer ends of these springs may well be made fast to blocks 9, which, by preference, extend from one spring to another spring upon the same side, and these blocks can be fastened to the shelf a or the like by screws (1, for the purpose of preventing the motion of the blocks as the supporting-frame moves up and down in use.

I have herein showmand described this in1- provement as applicable to a bed. It will be readily understood that it is equally applicable with obvious changes to lounges, seats, and other like articles generally.

I claim as my improvement- In a bed or seat, the combination of the outer frame, a, slats b, cross-bars c, brackets d, manysided pins 6, and springs f, fast to said pins, coiled thereabont, and extending to the outer frame, all substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

WILLIAM R. HARTIGAN. 

